Ethical Egoism and Altruism are not subsets of Utilitarianism, they are each competitors with one another, and all fall within Consequentialism.
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One such theory is ethical egoism, which Parfit claims is'collectively self-defeating'due to the prisoner's dilemma.
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In the words of James Rachels, " Ethical egoism [ . . . ] endorses selfishness, but it doesn't endorse foolishness ."
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Ethical egoism can be understood as a consequentialist theory according to which the consequences for the individual agent are taken to matter more than any other result.
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It seems to me that ethical egoism and altruism just have different ideas of utility . Daniel 00 : 22, 9 August 2007 ( UTC)
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:: : Ethical egoism simply holds that each self's ( yours, mine, his, hers ) own happiness is its highest concern.
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This, however, is not an " ideal world . " Baier believes that ethical egoism fails to provide the moral guidance and arbitration that it necessitates.
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There are many versions of ethical objectivism, including various religious views of morality, Platonistic intuitionism, Kantianism, utilitarianism, and certain forms of ethical egoism and contractualism.
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Due to "'ethical egoism "', individuals try to maximize their pleasure and minimize their pain; acting from the motive of self-interest.
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Both ethical altruism and ethical egoism contrast with utilitarianism, which maintains that each agent should act in order to maximise the efficacy of their function and the benefit to both themselves and their co-inhabitants.
